Matthew Hurt is coming to Cedevita Olimpija
In the power forward position, Cedevita Olimpija roster will be strengthened before the remainder of the 2025/26 season by American basketball player Matthew Hurt, who started the season at the Italian team Trapani Shark and will finish it in the jersey of the Ljubljana club.
With Cedevita Olimpija, Matthew Hurt has signed a contract until the end of the season. The twenty-five-year-old, 206-centimeter-tall player was this season one of the key members of the Italian squad in the Basketball Champions League. Hurt drew attention to himself during his student years at Duke University, where he was among the main pillars of the team, and he gained his first professional experience both in the NBA and in the G League.
“I’m really excited to have joined Cedevita Olimpija. I have heard great things about the team and the city. I’m excited to become a part of a really good team. I can’t wait to see the fans!” Matthew Hurt said upon signing the contract with Cedevita Olimpija.
In the strongest league in the world, Hurt was part of several teams, but he spent most of his time in the G League, where he played for three seasons. He obtained NBA experience in eight games in the jersey of the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2023/24 season. In the G League, he appeared for the Memphis Hustle.
In the summer of 2024, he moved to Australia, where he signed a contract with the South East Melbourne Phoenix team. Last summer, he moved to Italy, where he signed a contract with Trapani Shark. In the Basketball Champions League, he played in six games and averaged 12.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, while in the Italian national championship he has been averaging 8.8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game over 12 games.
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Matthew Hurt prihaja v Cedevito Olimpijo
Na igralnem položaju krilnega centra bo člansko zasedbo Cedevite Olimpije pred nadaljevanjem tekmovalne sezone 2025/26 okrepil ameriški košarkar Matthew Hurt, ki je sezono začel v italijanski ekipi Trapani Shark, zaključil pa jo bo v dresu ljubljanskega kluba.
Na igralnem položaju krilnega centra bo člansko zasedbo Cedevite Olimpije pred nadaljevanjem tekmovalne sezone 2025/26 okrepil ameriški košarkar Matthew Hurt, ki je sezono začel v italijanski ekipi Trapani Shark, zaključil pa jo bo v dresu Zmajev, s katerimi je podpisal pogodbo do konca sezone.
Petindvajsetletni in 206 centimetrov visoki igralec je bil v tej tekmovalni sezoni eden od ključnih členov italijanskega kolektiva v košarkarski Ligi prvakov. Hurt je nase opozoril že v študentskih letih na univerzi Duke, kjer je bil med nosilci igre, v drugi sezoni svoje univerzitetne kariere tudi najboljši strelec in skakalec svoje ekipe, prve profesionalne izkušnje pa je nabiral tako v Ligi NBA kot tudi v razvojnem tekmovanju G League.
"Res sem navdušen, da se pridružujem Cedeviti Olimpiji. O ekipi in mestu sem slišal same odlične stvari. Veselim se, da bom prispeval k zelo dobri ekipi. Komaj čakam, da kmalu spoznam navijače!" je ob podpisu pogodbe s Cedevito Olimpijo povedal Matthew Hurt.
V najmočnejši ligi na svetu je bil Hurt del številnih ekip, večino časa pa je preživel v tekmovanju G League, kjer je igral tri sezone. Izkušnje v Ligi NBA je pridobil na osmih tekmah v dresu Memphis Grizzlies v sezoni 2023/24. V razvojni ligi je nastopal za ekipo Memphis Hustle.
Poleti 2024 se je preselil v Avstralijo, kjer je podpisal pogodbo z ekipo South East Melbourne Phoenix. Lansko poletje se je preselil v Italijo, kjer je podpisal pogodbo z ekipo Trapani Shark. V Ligi prvakov je zaigral na šestih tekmah in v povprečju dosegal 12,5 točk ter 4,5 skokov na tekmo, v italijanskem državnem prvenstvu pa na 12 tekmah v statistiko v povprečju beležil 8,8 točke in 3,3 skoke na tekmo.
